Comments on: Officially Unlocked iPhones in Hong Kong http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/09/26/officially-unlocked-iphones-in-hong-kong/ Ali Ebrahim on web standards, software developement, technology, politics and law. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Benoit http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/09/26/officially-unlocked-iphones-in-hong-kong/comment-page-1/#comment-3197 Benoit Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:39:02 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=222#comment-3197 It is not true that you need to buy a plan with the phone in Belgium. Actually, it's even prohibited by law to sell two items together without allowing to buy them separately. Of course, this also means that the iPhone is more expensive in Belgium than anywhere else :) What is true though is that you have to deal with a mobile operator to get one (Mobistar, which has the exclusivity on the iPhone), and their salespeople can allegedly be very persuasive. But you don't have to listen to them at all, just buy the thing and do wathever you like want it. It is not true that you need to buy a plan with the phone in Belgium. Actually, it’s even prohibited by law to sell two items together without allowing to buy them separately. Of course, this also means that the iPhone is more expensive in Belgium than anywhere else :)

What is true though is that you have to deal with a mobile operator to get one (Mobistar, which has the exclusivity on the iPhone), and their salespeople can allegedly be very persuasive. But you don’t have to listen to them at all, just buy the thing and do wathever you like want it.

]]> By: aebrahim http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/09/26/officially-unlocked-iphones-in-hong-kong/comment-page-1/#comment-3192 aebrahim Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:00:25 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=222#comment-3192 But in Belgium and Italy although the phone is unlocked, you need to buy a plan with the phone. In Hong Kong that's no longer the case. But in Belgium and Italy although the phone is unlocked, you need to buy a plan with the phone. In Hong Kong that’s no longer the case.

]]> By: A.K.T. http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/09/26/officially-unlocked-iphones-in-hong-kong/comment-page-1/#comment-3191 A.K.T. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:44:59 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=222#comment-3191 No, it's been always like that in Belgium and Italy. No, it’s been always like that in Belgium and Italy.

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